French officials sold arrested black soldiers back into slavery
Evidence
Naturally, French brutality ultimately made the decision to change sides easier for those who had remained loyal. Fearing the worst, the French helped bring it about by acting the part of an army bent on destruction. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 1001 (
#expands, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: French agents returning fugitives to Spanish slavery signaled a retreat from emancipation; French brutality pushed loyal black troops into defection. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 1001; French indiscriminate killing drove slaves toward the insurgent camps (+4 more)
Related
- Suspected black soldiers chose mass suicide over French imprisonment (similarity 0.93)
- French massacred surrendered black troops at Fort-Liberté (similarity 0.92)
- Dessalines broke with the French over their massacres of blacks (similarity 0.90)
- French brutality pushed loyal black troops into defection. (similarity 0.88)
- French atrocity toward slaves drove fence-sitters into the insurgent camps (similarity 0.86)
- Black generals initially stayed loyal to the French while their troops defected (similarity 0.85)
- France’s envoy moved to shrink the black officer corps and its recruitment power (similarity 0.84)
- Spain’s black auxiliaries turned on the Spanish in Gonaïves in April 1794. (similarity 0.82)
- Former slave insurgents entered Le Cap and repelled Galbaud’s troops. (similarity 0.82)
- Refouling escaped slaves signaled a retreat from emancipation (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- French brutality pushed loyal black troops into defection.
#expands(0.55) — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 1001 - Suspected black soldiers chose mass suicide over French imprisonment
#responds-to(0.40) - Dessalines broke with the French over their massacres of blacks
#corroborates(0.35) - French indiscriminate killing drove slaves toward the insurgent camps
#corroborates(0.30)